See flit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"word": "häilähtää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"word": "häilähdellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"word": "vilahdella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"word": "liihotella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"word": "voltiger"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"word": "voleter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"word": "papillonner"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"word": "kairērere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "like a butterfly or a bird",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porxátʹ",
"sense": "to move about rapidly and nimbly",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "порха́ть"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pendlovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "poletovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"tags": [
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"word": "těkat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "přelétávat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "sännätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "pyrähtää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "vilahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "liihotella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "virevolter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "gaukeln"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "svolazzare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "tītakataka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "pītakataka"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "kairērere"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "носи́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move quickly from one location to another",
"word": "revolotear"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to unpredictably change state for short periods",
"word": "pätkiä"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "baraxlítʹ",
"sense": "to unpredictably change state for short periods",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "барахли́ть"
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